Prosecutors said Hernandez orchestrated Lloyd's execution-style shooting near Hernandez's North Attleborough home on June 17. They say it happened after the two went to a nightclub a few days earlier and Lloyd, 27, spoke to people Hernandez didn't want him talking to.

Hernandez has been moved into 7-by-10-foot single cell at the Bristol County House of Corrections.

Concern over Hernandez's safety was a factor in moving the ex-Patriots star into a cell where he will not be allowed to mix with the general jail population, Sheriff Thomas Hodgson said Monday.

"The reason for this move is simply to protect him. We wouldn't want some inmate trying to get any notoriety by attempting to harm Aaron Hernandez," Hodgson said, adding that contrary to reports, Hernandez is not in solitary confinement.

Hodgson told NewsCenter 5 inmates are always looking to raise their own status by taking on a high-profile inmate.

In jail, Hodgson said Hernandez, who can be out of his cell for three hours a day, has been polite and adjusting well.

"For a man who has gone from 7,000-square-feet to a small cell, he is doing very well and seems to be taking the situation great. He is very respectful and calm," Hodgson said.